Delhi Metro – Look, What She Has Got
Seen the famous in the metro? [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] Have you spotted the capital’s famous people in the Delhi Metro? The air-conditioned train service that started in 2002, connecting east Delhi’s Shahdara to north Delhi’s Tis…
The Delhi Walla Books – The Delhi Mantra
They are from the heart. [By Fahad Shah] A traveller. A photographer. A book lover. And a guide to Delhi. He walks all around the city. Alone, late in the night, he writes what he had experienced from dawn to…
Photo Essay – Hazrat Nizamuddin’s Birthday Celebrations, Nizamuddin Dargah
Night of the committed devotees. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The 796th birthday of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, the 14th century sufi saint of Delhi, was celebrated on the night of February 1, 2011. Forgetting their professional rivalries, musicians…
City Style – The Classy Delhiwalla, Connaught Place
Searching for the stylish. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Delhi Walla saw this man-boy in the park above Palika Bazaar parking in Connaught Place, Delhi’s Colonial-era shopping district. Talking on a black-and-red cell phone, he was in…
City Faith – The Sufi’s Birthday, Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
The night of the saint. [Text and pictures by Mayank Austen Soofi] The shrine of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi’s 14th century sufi saint, is being decked up with flowers and electric bulbs to celebrate his 796th birthday. The night of…
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